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my intent was clearly presented by the wholesale removal
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conveys my intentions.

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@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ that Libreboot no longer strictly aligns to FSF policy, but I still very much
believe in the ideology behind it. I merely apply it in different, more
[pragmatic](policy.md) ways - but this page is about the history of the project,
so I have to put myself in the headspace I was in, during each development year
relative to when Libreboot started.
relative to when Libreboot started. Libreboot originally started very much as
an FSF-endorsed project, created specifically for the purpose of adhering to
their standards.
### Early history
@ -1221,7 +1223,7 @@ This period of Libreboot's history involved a massive amount of extreme and
hostile competition between the Libreboot project and a *hostile fork* of
Libreboot started by the FSF (now a GNU project). Libreboot fought hard to ensure
that it, the *real* Libreboot project, the one on libreboot.org, survived,
becauseu the FSF literally tried to destroy it. They made no secret of it, and
because the FSF literally tried to destroy it. They made no secret of it, and
even publicly announced such intentions at their LibrePlanet 2023 conference.
Much of the remainder of this article will cover this period, and its aftermath.
@ -1478,14 +1480,31 @@ anymore; to do so was necessary, when they themselves did the same, because
the FSF is a well-funded organisation with much bigger reach and would walk
all over me if I allowed it, so it was necessary to show strength.
However, throughout 2024, GNU's fork has essentially been a dead project; they
haven't done any work on their build system of any consequence, and haven't
even updated their documentation that heavily. Their main focus was on
integrating the Untitled Static Site Generator into their infrastructure,
which otherwise relies heavily on TexInfo documents and CVS (Untitled relies on
Markdown and Git heavily - the FSF actually made a special rsync server for
to manually upload HTML files to, generated by Untitled, which they
wrapped around directly, within their fork of the Libreboot build system).
I don't start fights; I only finish them, decisively and without fear or
prejudice. Aside from minor acts on GNU's part, they have largely left me well
alone since the end of 2023, and my intention is to leave them alone. I have
at times perhaps been guilty of overthinking, but I basically don't care about
the FSF or GNU at this point.
My intention is that the FSF promote *Canoeboot*, much like they did with the
old Libreboot, prior to policy change. GNU Boot can do whatever it wants, I
don't really care; so long as they're not taking potshots at Libreboot. FSF can
also promote their own project (GNU Boot), as they have; there's room for both.
It'd be nice if GNU Boot criticised coreboot instead of Libreboot; coreboot is
the project that includes binary blobs, Libreboot merely tries to make the best
of a situation that is not ideal, while not being dogmatic; Canoeboot and GNU
Boot are dogmatic answers to the same issue, namely that hardware vendors suck.
Prior to Libreboot's policy change, Libreboot was not a fork of something; it
was its own original distribution, and it criticized the hardware vendors and
coreboot for not being firm enough with them - and this is a criticism that
I still have, today, and always will have. What more is there to say? GNU chose
to see me as its enemy, even though I'm ideologically very much in line with it
and wish to see its goals advanced to the fullest; the only difference with
Libreboot is the exact method by which this is strived for, a methodology that
they (the GNU project) vehemently disagree with. Libreboot's instrument is
the [Binary Blob Reduction Policy](policy.md), while Canoeboot's is
the [Binary Blob Extermination Policy](https://canoeboot.org/news/policy.html),
and Canoeboot's policy is very much identical to GNU's own policy document.
Last remarks
-----------
@ -1515,3 +1534,19 @@ the erstwhile *gluglug* domain then redirecting to it, and I registered Minifree
Ltd in the UK. Minifree is how I fund the Libreboot project, by selling computers
with Libreboot pre-installed. You can find it
on [minifree.org](https://minifree.org/).
*January 2025 update removed; hostilities briefly resumed, resulting from
accusations made by the GNU project against Libreboot and against me personally,
in a talk that they made at 38c3, but I've since decided to disregard it as being
that Adrien Bourmault simply doesn't know his place and spoke out of turn - I've
since begun discussions with the FSF and its executive director is remarkably
intelligent and decent, something I did not expect given my prior history -
more will be said about this, possibly, in future news updates, but not as
further updates to this 2023 article that you are currently reading. Good day!*
*Some language on this page has been toned down, while not altering the substance
of this article in any way, and without removing any of the history or otherwise
any other information presented here. I remain wary of course, but my focus is
simply on Libreboot and Canoeboot - those people in GNU Boot such as Adrien
simply do not think the way I do and would likely never work with me. That is
why they have their project, and I have mine!!*